subject: How to Determine if Your Designer Wholesale Handbag is The Real Deal [print this page] How to Determine if Your Designer Wholesale Handbag is The Real Deal
Although it is enticing to save a few bucks by purchasing a replica designer handbag, there are many reasons why you are better off to buy an authentic:
1. Some replicas might look close to the real deal, however the workmanship and quality don't compare to the authentic handbags.
2. Counterfeiters don't pay taxes, since their businesses are usually cash only operations. Law abiding citizens, like you and I, still have to pay our taxes.
3. Sales of counterfeit designer handbags and other products have been linked to terrorist and gang activity, not to mention organized crime. Drugs have often been smuggled inside counterfeit designer handbags.
How to Spot the Fakes:
It used to be very easy to spot a fake: misspelled logos, cheap leather and crummy hardware. However, fakes are now looking pretty good and it's getting tougher to tell the difference. Here are some hints to differentiate between the two:
1. Authentic designer handbags are sold at authorized registered dealers only. Real designer handbags are not sold by street vendors, home parties, flea markets, in New York's Chinatown, or Los Angeles' Santee Alley, or at a kiosk in a mall!
2. If you want to purchase a Coach handbag, their website provides a list of their authorized dealers. Coach and Kate Spade both give detailed information on determining replicas of their brands.
3. Pricing is an obvious giveaway. A new Prada handbag won't be on sale for $50.
4. Country of Origin Labels. The country of origin for Fendi handbags is Italy. If the handbag is labeled, "Made in Taiwan", it is obviously not authentic.
Online Purchasing:
If you should find a designer handbag online for a really great price, there is a way to check and see if you are going to get an authentic bag or not. Always read the product description carefully. Sometimes online merchants will try to lure you onto their website by describing their products as original, authentic or genuine. Your might see phrases such as, "inspired by", a particular designer. That means the product is NOT authentic and the phrase is thrown in there to protect the merchant from trademark infringement.
The truest way to know you are getting an authentic designer handbag is to buy from an authorized registered dealer only!
